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(1 replies, posted in Past Events)

TX Chip hath broken the seventh seal, releasing the darkest electronic acts in Austin to descend upon Spiderhouse Ballroom on the evening of Oct 24th.

Let's get sinister!!

Musical acts by:

IAYD (I Am Your Destruction)
https://soundcloud.com/iayd
The absolutely gnarliest dance music you've ever heard, blasting out a little 1989 Gameboy. The bass will shake your bones and the melodies cut like a knife in the dark.

Yatagarasu
https://soundcloud.com/jacobcweiss/...
Combining NES, effects pedals, vocals and bass amps into an unholy union of noise, Yatagarasu will leave you breathless and shaking. Yatagarasu will be performing a special Halloween themed set for the evening.

bloody knives
http://bloodyknives.bandcamp.com/
Serenely benevolent vocals soar over the nastiest bass riffs, drums, and a dense mixture of electronic textures. Sludgy shoegaze steeped in ambient electronics.

Fresh Fuckerman
https://soundcloud.com/dessert1st
Dark psychedelic visions created by laptops. Fresh Fuckerman supplies an audio/visual sensation that will awe and terrify – while having fun!

MiFTB
https://soundcloud.com/miftb
Eclectic blending of dance, noise and experimental music.

With ghostly projected visions by Vision System
http://vimeo.com/visionsystem
Paul Baker aka Vision System will be preparing a special set of trippy, spooky, creepy visuals for the night and mixing them all together with sophisticated grace.

$5 at the door
All ages
Doors open at 8pm

We'll be throwing a special Halloween Open Mic at 9pm, so bring yr. Gameboys, laptops, creaky piano keys, ghostly water cups, etc. or cover a horror tune.

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we'll be putting on full audio/visual sets, and also putting out a split single -- chalkboard /s/ ievert. It will consist of a Sievert cover of a chalkboards song, and a chalkboards cover of a Sievert song. never released before!!

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International Peace Day / Sept. 21, 2013

Over 20 Game Stations featuring:
Retro Arcade Classics, Atari 2600, NES, Sega Genesis, N64, GameCube, PlayStation, Xbox, & more

Bike-in cinema featuring:
Return of the Jedi @ 8pm http://youtu.be/snkTNGckOv4
Batman Returns @ 12am http://youtu.be/RKiG_9C5T8E

Live chip tunes by:
MonsterVision @ 10:30pm https://soundcloud.com/monstervisio...
Chalkboards @ 11:15pm http://chalkboards.bandcamp.com/

Complimentary Food & Drink (vegan friendly)

$10 (100% goes to Pass Love Charity Foundation, building quality libraries in rural areas of China to increase literacy among impoverished children)
http://www.en.passlove.org/

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Hargrave Arcade is a DIY arcade, bike-in cinema, & music venue to raise awareness and funding for humanitarian causes, open no more than once a month
http://www.HargraveArcade.org/


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Little Sound Dad Jams:

https://soundcloud.com/jacobcweiss/tx-c … ttle-sound

I'll get around to mastering the other 3 performers very soon, and will update when they're all up.

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(10 replies, posted in Trading Post)

oh my gosh I can't believe all of these are available.

pm'd!

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(49 replies, posted in General Discussion)

hey everyone / howdy y'all,

not sure if everyone's aware of it, but Texas' chip scene is picking up a lot of momentum lately!

we've been holding monthly shows down here in Austin, and have some coming up on Sept 12 and Oct 3. at all of our shows, we have a big merch table and would love to give out promo materials / cds / stickers / whatever.

Kitsch – we already have some of your mini business cards, but if you'd like to send us stickers or anything else, we'd be glad to put it out!

we also put out a compilation album last March and have a 2nd volume in the works – in addition to that, a lot of TX artists have been putting out albums lately, or are just about to. and we've got tons of stickers and posters if anyone's interested.

so if anyone wants some fine Texas merch or music, PM me!

and if you want to send us anything, we'll do our best to promote you:

Jacob Weiss
5509 Link Ave #B
Austin, TX 78751

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(18 replies, posted in Past Events)

this alt poster by Jeremy Buzeck is equally ultimate and equally awesome; but it's 200% more dad!!
http://jeremybuzek.com/

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(14 replies, posted in Releases)

been listening to this EP for about the past 2 weeks (thx Ryan for the early demos), and it's really stuck.

little moments – "forget the numbers," "I'm not a witch," "what'll be left of me when I'm 51?" – found a way to drill inside my head, amidst the neon melodies and big drum fills, and remain there for days.

really like the fact that there's just 4 elements to all the songs – gameboy, drums, guitar, Elaiza – but every element feels like it has its place and keeps me interested.

hope to see y'all play a show sometime, your songs have tons of energy!

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Feryl wrote:

I'm about 1,200 miles away from Austin, and Brother Android is finally doing a show. Somebody please record this.

no worries dude! we record all the sets and post em up right here:

http://soundcloud.com/jacobcweiss

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Mrwimmer wrote:

How in the world did you avoid the amazing pun "Batsly Dadams"?

aaaggghhhhh!!

ultimate regret.

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https://www.facebook.com/events/175899719263317/

TX Chip Presents: Little Sound Dad Jams

I Am Your Dad vs. FatherVision
Dad vs. Dad
Two dads enter, one dad leave
A momentous chip-duel not to be missed

Thursday, Sept 12 @ Spider House Ballroom

Check out these dads' side projects they work on whenever there's some free time between watching the kids and tending the lawn:
IAYD
https://soundcloud.com/iayd
MonsterVision
https://soundcloud.com/monstervision


With special guest visuals by Batsly Adams!!! (Brooklyn, NY)
http://www.batslyadams.com/
Seriously, this guy is gonna blow your mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUQ0awoNQRs


Additional chiptunes sets by:

Brother Android - http://brotherandroid.bandcamp.com/
Complex compositions and progressive song structures made with vintage computers on floppy disks; an engaging display of expansive minimalism.

Run/DMG - http://soundcloud.com/run-dmg
This duo not only has the greatest chiptune name on the entire planet, but they also make super rad dance jams!

B-Knox - http://soundcloud.com/b_knox
Fast beats, comedy interludes, sampled air horn blasts and lots of yelling and dancing. Go crazy, have fun! chiptune chiptune chiptune!


After Party DJ set @ 11PM w/ DJ Noggin

DJ Noggin has performed at a bunch of the TX Chip Open Mics with his MIDI NES, but tonight he's spinning some electronics after The Dads head home to tuck in the kids, so stick around and hang out with us + DJ Noggin!
https://soundcloud.com/djnoggin


Doors open at 7pm
Open Mic at 8pm
Free and All Ages


Poster design by Mike Bautista
http://milkbarista.tumblr.com/

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(2 replies, posted in Past Events)

hey y'all!

we put out an album last month, and some incredible supporting acts put on an album release party with us. it all came out really well and we wanted to share it, since we never posted on here before the show actually happened (oops).

thank you so so so much to IAYD, Enders Crusade, and Wiley Wiggins for the sets and visuals!

video:
https://vimeo.com/71911666

audio sets of all 3 performers:
http://soundcloud.com/jacobcweiss/sets/ … halkboards

thanks! n_n

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TX Chip is coming back super strong for our 2nd Thursday-of-the-month 8bit show at Spider House Ballroom! This month features a classic TX Chip veteran Yatagarasu, San Antonio native No Bit, first timer Himsy Pimsy, plus special newcomer Active Knowledge, who just moved to ATX all the way from Boston. And we've got psychedelic retro projections by Austin's own Vision System!!

Chiptunes by:

Yatagarasu - https://myspace.com/yatagarasu/music/songs
8bit noisecore artist whose been performing in Austin since 2005. The project utilizes two modded NES systems, effects pedals, drum machines, and other hardware, in addition to vocals, to create a noisy blend of authentic and chaotic, visceral chiptune.

Himsy Pimsy - https://soundcloud.com/himsypimsy
Newcomer Austinite brings LSDJ Gameboy jams with heavy beats and grooving bass. He's got a collection of songs called The Dukes of Hazard that TX Chip implores you check out.

Active Knowledge - http://listen.activeknowledgemusic.com/album/infinite
Boston-native-turned-ATX-newcomer, Active Knowledge brings high energy dance moves to the stage and gets the crowd moving with upbeat melodies and fast jams.

No-Bit- https://soundcloud.com/nobit
Anthony Buchell represents one half of chip duo Run / DMG, but performs his solo work as No-Bit. Gameboy dance fun!

Visuals by:

Vision System - https://vimeo.com/visionsystem
combined digital, analog and chemical bent drone and chop AV and/or substratal video art

Doors at 7pm
Open mic at 8pm (bring your gameboy, phone, laptop or whatever you write chiptunes on!)
Show runs until 11pm
Free and all ages

Poster design by Sean Horton (aka Himsy Pimsy)

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beautiful and inspirational; it's interesting that pixel art is a new technology to him, yet we all consider it "retro"

I hope he continues making art for years and years.

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(66 replies, posted in Releases)

chalkboards

a girl, a guy, & an amalgam of gameboys, electronics, instruments, amps and cables

thx! n_n

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(22 replies, posted in General Discussion)

TX Chip

Location: Austin, TX USA, but we have contacts in Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Cristi, and probably anywhere else in TX
email: [email protected]
txchipmusic.com
show frequency: once per month, 2nd Thursday of the month @8pm
venue: spider house ballroom
free and all ages

2013 was a reboot to the Texas chip scene. It's been on and off active for the past few years, but we're getting our network together and making it last long term this time. We'd love to get some traveling artists through TX, and are going to get a show together for SXSW in March 2014.

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